Sunday, February 01, 2015

dreamcatchers

one of the origins of the dreamcatcher can be traced to an ancient legend of the ojibwe people - storytellers speak of the spider woman, known as asibikaashi; her job was to take care of the children & the people on the land but as the ojibwe nation began to spread to the different corners of north america, it has became quite a drag for madame asibikaashi to reach all the children. so the mothers & nanas would weave magical webs for the children, using willow hoops & sinew, or cordage made from plants. the dreamcatchers would filter out all bad shitty dreams & only allow good thoughts to enter our mind. & when the sun rises, all bad dreams would just melt away …